2022–23 SV Sandhausen season

The 2022–23 season was the 107th in the history of SV Sandhausen and their 11th consecutive season in the second division. The club participated in the 2. Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal.

SV Sandhausen

2022–23 season
Chairman	Jürgen Machmeier
Head coach	Alois Schwartz
Stadium	BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald
2. Bundesliga	18th (relegated)
DFB-Pokal	Round of 16
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Players

As of 31 January 2023^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GER Patrick Drewes 2 DF  RUS Aleksandr Zhirov 3 DF  BIH Dario Đumić 5 MF  GER Marcel Mehlem (on loan from SC Paderborn) 6 MF  GER Abu-Bekir El-Zein 8 MF  GER Christian Kinsombi 9 FW  CZE Matěj Pulkrab 10 MF  GER David Kinsombi 11 FW  GER Philipp Ochs 14 FW  MAR Hamadi Al Ghaddioui 15 DF  GER Immanuel Höhn 17 MF  GER Erik Zenga 18 DF  GER Dennis Diekmeier (captain) 19 DF  KOS Bashkim Ajdini 20 MF  GER Kerim Çalhanoğlu (on loan from FC Schalke 04)

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  AUT Marcel Ritzmaier 23 FW  TUR Ahmed Kutucu (on loan from İstanbul Başakşehir) 24 MF  GER Merveille Papela (on loan from Mainz 05) 25 DF  SEN Oumar Diakhité 26 MF  GER Janik Bachmann 27 DF  GER Arne Sicker 29 FW  SUI Kemal Ademi (on loan from Khimki) 30 FW  GER Alexander Esswein 32 DF  GER Raphael Framberger (on loan from Augsburg) 33 GK  GER Nikolai Rehnen 36 DF  GER Chima Okoroji 37 MF  ISR Joseph Ganda 38 FW  CMR Franck Evina 40 GK  GER Benedikt Grawe

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  GER Vincent Schwab (at Eintracht Trier until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

SV Sandhausen v TuS Mingolsheim

18 June 2022 Friendly	SV Sandhausen	10–0	TuS Mingolsheim	Bad Schönborn
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: TuS Sportpark

Fortuna Heddesheim v SV Sandhausen

19 June 2022 Friendly	Fortuna Heddesheim	0–7	SV Sandhausen	Heddesheim
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Rasenplatz Fortuna Heddesheim NR

SV Sandhausen v Sepsi OSK

30 June 2022 Friendly	SV Sandhausen	3–0	Sepsi OSK	St. Ulrich am Pillersee, Austria
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Trybull 17' Esswein 71', 100'			Stadium: Sportplatz St. Ulrich

SV Sandhausen v FC Astoria Walldorf

5 July 2022 Friendly	SV Sandhausen	3–1	FC Astoria Walldorf	Bad Schönborn
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: TuS Sportpark

FC Augsburg v SV Sandhausen

8 July 2022 Friendly	FC Augsburg	1–1	SV Sandhausen	Augsburg
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Caligiuri 37'		Pulkrab 84'	Stadium: Rasenplatz Zusmarshausen Hauptfeld Attendance: 2,000

Basel v SV Sandhausen

20 November 2022 Friendly	Basel	0–0	SV Sandhausen	Münchenstein, Switzerland
13:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Nachwuchs-Campus Basel

SV Sandhausen v Rheindorf Altach

25 November 2022 Friendly	SV Sandhausen	0–0	Rheindorf Altach	Eislingen
13:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Eichenbachstadion

Eintracht Frankfurt v SV Sandhausen

2 December 2022 Friendly	Eintracht Frankfurt	5–1	SV Sandhausen	Frankfurt
13:30 CET (UTC+1)	Borré 7', 77' Alario 27' Tuta 48' Alidou 49'		Đumić 84'	Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park

SV Sandhausen v Spartak Trnava

14 January 2023 Tipsport Malta Cup	SV Sandhausen	3–0	Spartak Trnava	Malta
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Çalhanoğlu 2' Kinsombi 23' Diakhité 78'	Report	Curma  52'	Referee: Slobodan Petrovic

SV Sandhausen v Zlín

17 January 2023 Tipsport Malta Cup	SV Sandhausen	v	Zlín	Malta
14:00 CET (UTC+1)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2. Bundesliga	16 July 2022	28 May 2023	Matchday 1	18th	34	7	7	20	35	63	−28	020.59
DFB-Pokal	31 July 2022	7 February 2023	First round	Round of 16	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	033.33
Total					37	8	8	21	41	67	−26	021.62

Source: Soccerway

2. Bundesliga

Main article: 2022–23 2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
14	1. FC Nürnberg	34	10	9	15	32	49	−17	39
15	Eintracht Braunschweig	34	9	9	16	42	59	−17	36
16	Arminia Bielefeld (R)	34	9	7	18	50	62	−12	34	Qualification for relegation play-offs
17	Jahn Regensburg (R)	34	8	7	19	34	58	−24	31	Relegation to 3. Liga
18	SV Sandhausen (R)	34	7	7	20	35	63	−28	28

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[2]
(R) Relegated

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	2	0	0	3	1	+2	0	0	1	1	2	−1

Source: DFB

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4
Ground	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W
Position	5	10

Source: DFB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 17 June 2022.^[3]

SV Sandhausen v Arminia Bielefeld

16 July 2022 1	SV Sandhausen	2–1	Arminia Bielefeld	Sandhausen
13:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kinsombi 11', 63'		Okugawa 59' Sidler  31'  47'	Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald

Darmstadt 98 v SV Sandhausen

22 July 2022 2	Darmstadt 98	2–1	SV Sandhausen	Darmstadt
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Manu 9' Mehlem 55'		Zhirov 24'	Stadium: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor

SV Sandhausen v Fortuna Düsseldorf

5 August 2022 3	SV Sandhausen	1–0	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Sandhausen
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bachmann 46'	Report		Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald Referee: Sven Waschitzki-Günther

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2022–23 DFB-Pokal

Schwarz-Weiß Rehden v SV Sandhausen

31 July 2022 First round	Schwarz-Weiß Rehden	0–4	SV Sandhausen	Rehden
13:01 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Bachmann 23', 45' Kutucu 32' Zhirov 51'	Stadium: Sportplatz Waldsportstätten Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Florian Lechner

SV Sandhausen v Karlsruher SC

18–19 October 2022 Second round	SV Sandhausen	v	Karlsruher SC	Sandhausen
--:-- CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald

References

1. "Unser team" [Our team] (in German). SV Sandhausen. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
2. "Spielordnung (SpOL)" [Match rules] (PDF). Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL). 4 March 2023. p. 3.
3. "DFL veröffentlicht 2. Bundesliga-Spielplan 2022/23 im Juni". kicker.de (in German). Kicker (sports magazine). 25 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.